CORRECTION: Live link to 2024 recipient bios on this version
 STATEHOUSE (Sept. 25, 2024) ??Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch recently announced the 17 winners of the 2024 Golden Hoosier Award.?
"Each of these Hoosiers has dedicated their life to serving communities across Indiana," said Lt. Gov. Crouch, Indiana's Secretary of Agriculture and Rural Development. "They exemplify the Hoosier spirit of wanting to help, wanting to give back and being generous. Congratulations to the 2024 Golden Hoosier Award winners!"?
The Golden Hoosier Award began in 2008 in collaboration with the?Indiana Family and Social Services Administration?s Division of Aging?and AARP Indiana, and annually honors senior Hoosiers for their lifetime of service and commitment to their communities. Since the start of the program, more than 200 Hoosiers have been honored.?
?The Hoosiers honored today serve as examples to all of us of how to improve our communities,? Family and Social Services Administration Secretary Dan Rusyniak, M.D. said. ?Thank you to these residents for their significant contributions.?
To be eligible, awardees must currently be an Indiana resident, age 65 or older and have been a volunteer in the community for the past three years. Each awardee was nominated by someone in their community who recognized their significant contribution to their community.?
2024 awardees include:
Guy Brouillard (Plainfield, Hendricks?County)
 Robert L. Buggs, Sr.?(Gary, Lake County)
 Rebecca Compton (North Salem, Hendricks County)
 Randall Davis (Redkey, Jay County)
 Benny Eaton (Greenfield, Hancock County)
 Wayne and Jan Fox?(Markleville, Madison County)?
 Rachel Hannon?(Kouts, Porter?County)?
 Frank T. Hayes (Madison, Jefferson County)
 Phillip Lee Katter (West Point, Tippecanoe County)
 Larry Loveall (Wilkinson, Hancock County)
 Ted Maze (Oolitic, Lawrence County)
 Charles "Chuck" R. Mellon?(Francesville, Pulaski?County)
 Jack L. Nichols?(Cartersburg, Hendricks County)
 Dr. Steve Simpson (Gary, Lake County)
 Debbie Sutton?(Plainfield, Hendricks County)
 Linda Wendell (St. John, Lake County)
 More information on the ceremony as well as bios for the awardees can be found here.
For more information on the Golden Hoosier Award, contact the Office of the Lieutenant Governor [email protected] or?317-232-4545.?
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The Lieutenant Governor serves as President of the Indiana Senate, Secretary of Agriculture and Rural Development, chairs the Indiana Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Task Force & Indiana Roundtable on Mental Health, and oversees four state agencies.
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